TteokBboKi | Ddeokbokki Recipe

Tteokbokki, also known as Ddeokbokki is a popular Korean snack food which is commonly purchased from street vendors or Pojangmacha. Originally it was called tteok jjm (떡찜), and was a braised dish of sliced rice cake, meat, eggs, and seasoning. Tteok jjim an early variant of modern tteokbokki, was once a part of Korean royal court cuisine. This type of tteokbokki was made by boiling tteok, meat, vegetables, eggs, and seasonings in water, and then serving it topped with ginkgo nuts and walnuts. In its original form, tteokbokki, which was then known as gungjung tteokbokki, was a dish served in the royal court and regarded as a representative example of haute cuisine. The original tteokbokki was a stir-frid dish consisting of garaetteok (가래떡, cylinder-shaped tteok) combined with a variety of ingredients, such as beef, mung bean sprouts, green onions, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, and onions, and seasoned with soy sauce. (Wikipedia)

If you want to make TteokBboKi at home, its so easy,,, follow these step and... happy cooking ^_^

Main Ingredients:

 - 2 Cups Sticky Rice Cake Sticks (15 Cakes)

 - 2 Fried Fish Cakes

 - 2 or 3 Handfuls of Cabbage

 - " Onion

 - " Carrot

 - 1 Green Onion

Broth Ingredients:

 - 2" Cups Water

 - 6 Pieces Kelp (1%2 inch)

 - 1 Pack of Dried Anchovies (Optional)

Sauce Ingredients:

 - 3 Tbsp Red Pepper Paste

 - 1 Tbsp Red Pepper Powder

 - 2 Tbsp Corn Syrup

 - " Tbsp Sugar

 - 1 Tbsp Soy Sauce

 - " Tbsp Minced Garlic

 - Sesame Seeds to Garnish

   

Directions:

1. Cut the onion and cabbage into quarter

inch pieces. Cut the carrot diagonally. Cut

the green onion into half inch pieces

2. Boil all of the ingredients for the broth

together for about 10 minutes. Then, remove

the kelp, fish cakes, and anchovies from the

broth. Save the fish cakes for later.

3. In the broth, add all of the ingredients for

the sauce. Cook for 5 minutes.

4. Cut the cooked fish cakes and the rice

cakes into 2 inch pieces.

5. Add the rice cakes, carrot, onion, and

cabbage into the broth. Cook it until the rice

cakes become soft.

6. Add the fish cakes and cook for 1 more

minute. Add the green onion and cook for

another minute. Then turn off the heat.

7. Sprinkle some sesame seeds on top to

serve.

If you can't follow these step by step to make tteokbokki, please feel free to watch this video.